Unsure how to download new aircraft and install...

[Jonny Quest]

I bought the new edition PC Pilot, and tried downloading new aircraft off the download sections off this site.

I'm somewhat of a computer dumb-dumb, and don't know how to zip/unzip and get them working with my FSX.

Any step by step's would be GREAT!

Oh, i'm running XP.

Thanks!

[Boikat]

I save downloads to a "Downloads" folder.  Open Windows Explorer, open the "Downloads folder and right mouse click the .zip.  A pop-up of options should appear, select "extract".  I extract the zip into the same "download" folder the zip is located in.  After the extraction is done, you should then have a folder for the aircraft.  That folder should contain a "read Me" file and at least the aircraft folder, but also may contain effects, gauge, and sound folders.

Tha aitcraft folder should contain at least four folders: Model, Panel, Sound, and Texture.  It should also contain two files: aircraft.cfg and Flyingthing.air (where "flyingthing" is the aircraft)

Normally, all you have to do is copy that complete folder (the aircraft one) and paste it into the FSX/Simobject/airplane folder in FSX

If it has extra folders for soud, gauges or effects, coy the contents to those respective folders in FSX, also.

[steve s]

But don't expect them to work as nicely as the ones that come with the sim.  Most of them don't, even if you do everything right....or what you understand to be right.  Many of those aircraft are a bit finicky.

[Boikat]

[quote]But don't expect them to work as nicely as the ones that come with the sim.